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The Architecture of Wonder by David Greene


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"I know many will appreciate and value what is in this book!"
- Kenton Knepper

"David, you never cease to amaze me!"
- Cody S. Fisher

What if the most powerful sleight you've ever performed... was your voice?

Magicians spend years perfecting the mechanics of illusion-but the real deception happens in the moments no one suspects: between phrases, inside questions, behind a glance. The Architecture of Wonder explores the psychology, structure, and secret poetry of language as a tool of impossible influence.

This isn't a book of patter. It's a masterclass in invisible persuasion-from embedded commands and presuppositions to conversational reframing, time distortion, false-memory seeding, and recovery scripting when tricks falter. Whether you're performing walkaround, mentalism, stage, or casual miracles, these tools will radically change how your audience thinks they think.

Table of Contents includes:

  • Misdirection Without Motion
  • The Core Principles of Sleight-of-Tongue
  • The Pattern Interrupt: Breaking Mental Scripts
  • Framing & Reframing: Controlling the Narrative
  • The Illusion of Choice: Linguistic Equivocation
  • Conversational Cold Reading
  • Memory Distortion & Time Dilation
  • The Language of Wonder: Metaphor & Mystery
  • In-Between Moments: The Magic Outside the Trick
...and more!

(Physical hardcover book details: 5.5 × 8.5 inches, 147 pages)

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